Download WinPython or Portable python for Windows

In case that you want to work with Python but you can't install software on your PC or you don't want to install. The you can visit

Download WinPython - It have versions for python 3 only and windows. You can get even alpha version of python as 3.7 or simply check the change log. Releases of this Python alternative are frequent and the latest on is from April 7th, 2018

You need to chose version and to install it. Important point about portable:

WinPython is a portable application, so the user should not expect any integration into Windows explorer during installation. However, the WinPython Control Panel allows to "register" your distribution to Windows (see screenshot below).

You don't need scientific packages or you will install them when you need them

Disk space or Internet download is a problem.

Install python

Installation of python and integration with IDE like PyCharm is relatively easy task and you don't need any special knowledge to do it. Even more python come as preinstalled on some OS like Ubuntu. If you want to check if your system has python which is installed and configured you can use:

python -V

sample result: Python 2.7.6

Install Python on Ubuntu / Linux Mint

Most release of Ubuntu has Python 2 and 3 installed by default. Some exception are versions before Ubuntu 14.04 or Ubuntu 18.04 for minimalistic install. In such case you can install them by :

Install latest stable release

The latest stable release can be install by:

sudo apt-get install python3

or for python 2

sudo apt-get install python

Install via third party repository

You can get more recent updates in comparison to Ubuntu repositories from third parties like launchpad.net ( for older versions of Ubuntu)

/InstallationType=[JustMe|AllUsers]—Default is``JustMe``.
/AddToPath=[0|1]—Default is 1’
/RegisterPython=[0|1]—Make this the system’s default Python. 0 indicates JustMe, which is the default. 1 indicates AllUsers.
/S—Install in silent mode.
/D=<installation path>—Destination installation path. Must be the last argument. Do not wrap in quotation marks. Required if you use /S.